Esaias 22
1 Framsegn um Synedalen. Kva er på ferd, sidan alt folket ditt stig upp på taki?
[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Jerusalem, about the valley where [Yahweh showed me] this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their [flat] rooftops?
2 Du bråkande, du ståkande by, du jublande borg! Dine falne menner er ikkje slegne med sverd, ikkje drepne i strid.
Everyone in the city [seems to] be shouting. [There are a lot of] corpses [in the city], [but they] were not killed by [their enemies’] swords. They did not die in battles; [instead, they died from diseases and hunger].
3 Hovdingarne dine tok alle saman til rømings, utan bogeskot let dei seg taka til fanga. Dei som fanst i deg, hev vorte fanga alle saman, langt burt hev det rømt.
All the leaders of the city fled. [But then] they were captured because they did not have bows [and arrows to defend themselves]. Your [soldiers tried to] flee while the enemy [army] was still far away, but they also were captured.
4 Difor segjer eg: Sjå burt ifrå meg, lat meg gråta sårt! truga ikkje trøyst på meg for at dotteri, folket mitt, hev vorte herja!
That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me [about my people being slaughtered].”
5 For ein upprivande dag med nedtrakking og forfjetring kjem frå Herren, Allhers-Herren, i Synedalen; murar vert nedbrotne, naudropet stig mot fjellet.
The Commander of the armies of angels has [chosen] a time when there will be a great uproar, [soldiers] marching, and people being terrified in the valley [where I received this] vision. [It will be a time when our city] walls will be battered down and [the people’s] cries [for help] will be heard in the mountains.
6 Elam tok pilehuset, han drog fram med vogn-stridsmenner og med hestfolk; Kir nækte skjoldarne.
The armies from Elam and Kir [in Media] will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields.
7 Dei fagraste dalarne dine vart fyllt med stridsvogner, og hestfolk tok post framfor porten.
Our beautiful valleys will be filled with [our enemies’] chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside [our city] gates.
8 Han tok vern frå Juda. Då såg du deg um etter herbunad - i skoghuset.
The walls that protect [the cities in] Judah will fall down. You [people of Jerusalem] will run to get the weapons [that are stored in the building called] “the Hall of the Forest”.
9 Og de såg at Davidsbyen hadde mange rivnor, og de samlar upp vatnet i Nedredammen;
You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool [in the city].
10 de talde husi i Jerusalem, og de reiv ned husi og vilde gjera muren traust.
You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and [some of] them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the [city] wall.
11 Og imillom båe murarne gjorde de ein kulp for vatnet frå Gamledammen. Men på honom som hadde sett dette i verk, gav det ikkje gaum; til honom som longe sidan hadde laga dette til, såg de ikkje.
Between the walls [of the city] you will build a reservoir to [store] water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago.
12 Herren, Allhers-Herren, kalla på den dagen til gråt og øying, til å raka hovudet og sveipa seg i syrgjeklæde.
The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed.
13 Men her er gleda og gaman, ukseslagting og saueslagting, kjøteting og vindrikking. «Lat oss eta og drikka; for i morgon døyr me!»
But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, [in order to cook their] meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink [all that we want to], because [it is possible that] we will die tomorrow!”
14 Difor ljomar openberringi frå Herren, allhers drott, i øyro mine: Den syndi fer de ikkje sona til dess de døyr, segjer Herren, Allhers-Herren.
[So] the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!”
15 So sagde Herren, Allhers-Herren: «Gakk til denne drottseten Sebna, han som stend fyre huset, og seg til honom:
The Commander of the armies of angels said this [to me]: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him:
16 Kva hev du her å gjera, og kven tenkjer du å leggja her, sidan du her høgg deg ut ei grav? Du som høgg gravi di ut på so høg ein stad og holar deg bustad i berget,
'[Who do you think you are?] Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley?
17 du skal vita at Herren skal slengja deg langt av leid, du mann! Han skal rulla deg saman til ein klump;
You [think that you are] [IRO] a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. [It will be as though] he will seize you,
18 han skal vinda deg saman til eit nysta og kasta deg som ein ball ut på vidvangen. Der skal du døy, og dit skal dei gilde vognerne dine koma, du skamflekk for huset åt herren din.
and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die [and be buried] there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there [in the hands of your enemies]. And [because of what happens to you], your master, [the king], will be [very] ashamed/disgraced.
19 Eg vil støyta deg ned frå romet ditt, og frå posten din skal du verta avjaga.
Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position.
20 Og på den dagen vil eg kalla på tenaren min, Eljakim, son åt Hilkia;
Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me [well], to replace you.
21 og eg vil klæda honom i din bunad, og beltet ditt vil eg binda um honom, og ditt rådvelde vil eg gjeva i hans hender. Han skal vera ein far for deim som bur i Jerusalem og for Juda-huset.
I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like [MET] a father to the people of Jerusalem and [all the other] towns in Judah.
22 Og eg vil leggja lykelen til Davids hus på herdi hans, og når han let upp, skal ingen læsa att, og når han læser att, skal ingen lata upp.
I will give to him authority [MTY] over [what happens in] the palace where King David [lived]; when he decides something [MET], no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it.
23 Eg set honom som ein spikar på ein fast stad, og han skal verta eit æresete for farshuset sitt.
I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position [as supervisor of the workers in the palace], like [SIM] a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall.
24 Men so framt heile tyngdi av farshuset hengjer seg på honom med alle sine ætlingar og frendar - alle småkjerald, frå fati til leirkrukkorne -
Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.'”
25 På den dagen, segjer Herren, allhers drott, skal spikaren i den faste veggen losna, han skal ganga av og detta ned, og byrdi som hekk på honom, skal krasast. For Herren hev tala.»
[But] the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “[Shebna is like] [MET] a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will [remove him from his position]; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted [MET] will fail. [That will surely happen] because [I], Yahweh, have said it.”
